KevinG

So playoffs start tonight Anyone care to make a playoff predictions? AL Wildcard: Houston over Yankees ALDS: Blue Jays Over Rangers in 4 ALDS: Houston over KC in 5 ALCS: Blue Jays over Houston in 6 NL Wildcard: Cubs over Pirates NLDS: Cubs over Cards in 5 NLDS: LA over Mets in 3 NLCS: LA over Cubs in 7 (and my heart breaks once again) WS: Blue Jays over LA in 5

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Yeah that is an extremely stupid idea. Mainly because states do not exist on their own and it would be easy to bring in firearms from other states. Any gun control would have to be done at (and should be done at) the federal level. Talk about an unrealistic plan here. There are huge socio-economic factors at play here. I agree with you the majority of murders and gun violence is committed by criminal elements in society and the "mass shootings" are merely another symptom. Horrific as they are, it seems to be the only thing that gets people talking about it. But the criminal eleme

Thanks for that. Follow up. As you admit it is a problem, where does the responsibility lie to solve or tackle this issue?

You know it really isn't. Let me clarify. Do you think we have a problem with gun violence in our country today? Is the process of curbing the amount of gun deaths a responsibility of our elected representatives? Is it the responsibility of our society as a whole? Reading your posts I have no idea actually where you stand on gun violence (not that killing people is ok, but if we should actually do anything about it.)

Me a Cubs fan? But of course. THough in all truth all of my NL picks are legitimate. Yes, the MVP for Arrieta is a bit of a stretch (or maybe a huge stretch). But I would not be surprised if he gets some votes, not all the votes, but some. But ROY, MOY, and CY are really slam dunks for the Cubbies this year. I certainly looking forward to Wednesday!

So after 162 games it is all over. The 2015 regular season is in the books. Time to give out your awards: AL Rookie of the Year: Carlos Correa (Astros) Cy Young: Dallas Keuchel (Astros) MVP: Josh Donaldson (Blue Jays) Manager of the Year: John Gibbons (Blue Jays) NL Rookie of the Year: Kris Bryant (Cubs) Cy Young: Jake Arrieta (Cubs) MVP: Jake Arrieta (Cubs) Manager of the Year: Joe Maddon (Cubs)

how we feeling about all the games starting at the same time today? Interesting how after playing 162 games it is coming down to one game for so many.

This is why that argument is pretty much bullshit. http://www.armedwithreason.com/rebutting-the-criminals-dont-follow-laws-and-gun-control-only-hurts-law-abiding-citizens-argument-against-gun-control/ A couple of other thoughts. By your logic, we should abolish the legislative branch of our government. Also the purpose of the legislative body is to pass laws to keep US citizens safe, our country orderly, defend our rights and allow us to pursue happiness. In my mind gun violence is a problem and honestly a preventable one. My biggest question for you is, do you believe that gun vio

An interesting point has been brought up in discussions with others on this issue. All of our discussions, arguments, etc. will do nothing to solve or get anywhere on this issue. But I think there is one thing we can all agree upon, we as a nation have a problem with gun violence. It should be up to our lawmakers, not necessarily come out with a solution right away, but it is the duty of lawmakers to begin a discussion. With each other, and with the American People. There needs to be a comprehensive congressional hearing on gun violence. A fair and equitable debate has to be had. Testim

Thank you for adding to the conversation in such a positive way, your comments are duly noted and filed appropriately. You may not like my tone, but I stand by what I say and how I say it. But I guess we should derail the conversation with a lengthy discussion on internet etiquette. Yippie!

Correct me if I am wrong, but you are a supporter of increased military action in the Mid-East, a supporter of finding the truth about Benghazi, and anti-Obamacare.

In case you were wondering. Not only good numbers this year by Jake Arrieta. Flipping historic numbers.

And there it is. Of course you have seen this graphic right? http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/02/us/oregon-shooting-terrorism-gun-violence/ We are willing to spend a trillion plus dollars on "the war on terror" which about 3,000 Americans have died from. But spend very little to try to prevent gun violence which 400K have died. Or how about spending millions of dollars on a political witch hunt to bring down Hillary Clinton (aka Benghazi) in which 4 people died. Or how about all of the time and tax dollars (75 million according to some) wasted on repealing a law that actually helps

Oh yeah that is right, a simple step can side step that plan then. I guess the same reason why I am not registering my car, I filed down the serial number on the engine block, etc. Liven free of the tyranny of the DMV! So tell me why don't you want your name to be on a registry of gun owners, with the make and models of your firearms?

Well obviously so that we can know every single person who owns a gun is and then we will have an easier time rounding them all up and throwing them in camps when we finally abolish the second amendment. Or you know, help law enforcement track and trace guns that are used in crimes. Or to help law enforcement track down guns that have been stolen. Kind of similiar to the reason we register cars.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/02/us/obama-oregon-shooting-umpqua-community-college-gun-control.html?_r=0 Pretty much sums up everything I feel about this.

You honestly have that backwards. Without Arrieta the Cubs are simply not in the playoffs. In the 21 games (BTW 21 freaking games) he has won the Cubs have only won by an average of 3.76 runs. Only 6 of the 21 have the Cubs won by 5 or more. Furthermore they won 12 of his games by 3 or less. The back end of the rotation and the bullpen are simply not going to to win all of those games. I firmly believe without Arrieta the Cubs do not get 10 of those wins. Which would mean the Giants would be in the playoffs, not the Cubs. I am not saying any player that does not make the playoffs doesn'

I guess it goes to what a most valuable player is. A guy who puts up big numbers on a team that underperformed and missed the playoffs (and gets choked by guys) ala Bryce Harper. I guess the top three un-insane candidates are Harper, Goldschmidt, and Posey. All three of them put up great numbers, but all three are not going to the playoffs. So were they valuable to their team? Without them on their respective teams would they have been significantly worse? If the award was called Best Player, I could see Arrieta not getting it. But it is called most valuable. This to me anyways mean

Tacky is not the right word. Hateful and ignorant would be more applicable.

I stand corrected, but in the context of the shirt it did not mean it that way.

Got to see Jake Arrieta in person last night. And my goodness, I don't think there anyone better in all of baseball right now. His numbers from last night. 7 Innings Pitched 1 Hit (which came in the 7th) 9 Strike outs A ball did not get hit to the outfield until the 6th. And he hit a homerun! I read he has an ERA against the Pirates of 0.75. This is the Pirates not a bottom dwelling team like the Brewers. More impressively he has an ERA since the all-star break of 0.44. That is insane. Not only his he the obvious choice for Cy Young, there is some serious talk of him as

It is unfortunate that your husband thinks that is funny. The word "retarded" in all its forms is truly an offensive words. If anyone had given me a present like that there would be a serious discuss that would needed to be had. Your husband should be ashamed of himself.

The way it is shaping up it won't look to good for the next president either. We more than likely will have another Democrat in WH and a congress controlled by the far right. Yeah Gerrymandering!